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Lady Trojans advance, will
lost familiar foe in round two
SEE PAGE 2A
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
Blood
Drive
is
Thursday
A Red Cross blood
drive is set for Thurs
day, Oct. 24 from 1-6
p.m. at First United
Methodist Church in
Barnesville. The event
is sponsored by the
church and the Barnes
ville Rotary Club.
Donors will be treated
to homemade cookies
and get a $10 Amazon
gift card. They will also
be entered into a draw
ing for a $5000 gift card.
Donors are needed.
Hurricanes Helene and
Milton have caused
supplies to dwindle and
impacted multiple blood
drives that were sched
uled.
For more information,
call 770.358.1494.
PHOTO: M’KENZIE SMITH
LC
volleyball falls
The LC volleyball team was
upset by Rabun County last
week in the first round of the
GHSA volleyball playoffs. LC
won the first two sets 25-11
and 25-14 then collapsed,
losing the final three sets 18-
25, 24-26 and 7-15.
Pictured is Lady Trojan Ava
Bushby.
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County moves to rein in SWA, Milner
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Lamar County
commission moved
to severely rein in the
Lamar County Regional
Solid Waste Authority
(SWA) and threatened
the Milner city council
at its regular meeting
Oct. 15.
The multiple votes
came after conflict
counsel Amy Cowan
told the board the
SWA had basically
stonewalled her at
tempts to negotiate an
engineering audit of the
SWA’s operations. “The
county has been denied
information regarding
the solid waste author
ity. It has not been an
outright refusal but it
has not gone anywhere.
I’ve made offers, tried
to communicate but
basically gotten no
response,” Cowan told
the commission.
In addition to that
report, commissioner
Ashley
Gilles, who
was only
recently
appointed
to the SWA
board,
sought
approval to
hire independent legal
counsel for herself re
garding non disclosure
agreements the other
SWA board members
had demanded she
sign. Gilles refused.
Her request for coun
sel was approved 2-1
with Lovett and com
missioner Jerrod Fletch
er voting yes, Gilles
abstaining and commis
sioner Nancy Thrash,
the SWA chair, voting
no. Thrash reiterated
her oft-heard claim that
the commission has no
authority
over the
SWA.
Lovett,
noting
Thrash,
who leaves
office Dec.
31, had
“repeatedly failed the
county”, then moved
to have her removed
from the
SWA board
immedi
ately. That
passed
3-1 with
Thrash vot
ing no.
Lovett
then moved to have
county coroner Clay
Tillery appointed to
the SWA board to serve
out Thrash’s term. That
vote was also 3-1 with
Thrash opposed.
Lovett then asked
the commission to ap
prove funds for Tillery
to hire independent
legal counsel as he sees
fit as he assumes the
SWA role. No limit was
set on those expenses.
That motion also car
ried 3-1 with Thrash
opposed.
Claiming the City
of Milner has “undue
influence” over the SWA
which recently voted to
give the Milner council
$10,000, Lovett moved
the county prohibit
Milner from appointing
or reappointing Thrash
or any other past SWA
SEE SOLID WASTED 3A
GILLES
LOVETT
THRASH
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Beautiful queen, exultant mom
Senior Faith Buice (front) was crowned homecoming queen at halftime of Friday night’s big win over Putnam County
and no one was more excited about that selection than her mom and escort Mica Buice who led the large crowd in
cheering for her daughter.
The Trojans ran their record to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in region play with the 24-3 victory. They play at Social Circle this
week.
Hurricane refugee loves Barnesville
BY KEVIN WISHARD
Fear, doubt, and un
certainty. Three terrify
ing feelings that filled
the hearts of every
Floridian on Sunday
morning as meteo
rologists warned of the
impending Hurricane
Milton. 1 certainly felt
those emotions as my
family and 1 made our
way back from Tennes
see, only to conclude
it wasn’t safe to return
home to Cape Coral,
Florida.
That was Sunday,
Oct. 6, the day we
decided to stop some
where south of Atlanta
to break up the 13-hour
trip home. We knew we
might need to wait it
out and pray that our
home would be spared
from this catastrophic
hurricane.
It’s now October 10,
one day after Hurricane
Milton made landfall in
Siesta Key and ravaged
Florida’s west coast.
And here 1 am, by the
grace of God, sharing a
meal with three other
families from all across
Florida, thanks to our
gracious host—Mrs.
Paulette Bunn of Bunn
Ranch in Barnesville.
You might be won
dering, “How?” Well, let
me explain what hap
pened.
As I’m searching
for a destination just
out of Milton’s reach
(as I’m sure the three
other families were),
1 came across one of
Mrs. Paulette’s charm
ing, step-back-in-time
listings on Airbnb. The
one that caught my eye
was “The Guest House
- Farm stay in Barnes
ville, Georgia.”
Immediately, 1
thought sold! Cows,
horses, sheep,turkeys,
say no more. My three-
year-old will love it. My
wife, who cherishes
quiet places to read her
books, will love it, too.
It is the peaceful refuge
we need right now. Per
fect. Then, we’ll wake
up Monday and
SEE HURRICANE 3A
Trump visits
Pike Oct. 23
Former president Don
ald Trump will hold a cam
paign rally Wednesday at
Christ Chapel in Zebulon at
3 p.m. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones
will also speak at the rally
which is set for 3 p.m.
Tickets are free. Visit
donaldjtrump.com/events
to sign up or get more
information.
Legacy 75
decision
coming
Thursday
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The Lamar County
commission voted unani
mously to table approval
of multiple zoning changes
for the massive Legacy
75 project at its regular
meeting Oct. 15. The mat
ter will be taken up at a
special called meeting set
for Thursday,Oct. 24 at 7
p.m. Commissioners called
for the delay to allow more
time to study proposed
conditions/restrictions
they received from the
joint planning commit
tee just hours before the
meeting. Several High Falls
residents including Danny
Smith and Lisa Sayers
urged the commission
to take every precaution
possible to protect the lake
area they call home.
Early
voters turn
out in
record
numbers
Advance
voting got
underway
in Georgia
last week,
new turn
out records
were set all
across the state and Lamar
County was no exception.
The polling place at the
elections board office in
the new county adminis
tration building was open
Monday through Sunday
and stayed busy.
During that period, elec
tions superintendent Anita
Reid and her staff served
3,194 early voters and
processed 237 absentee
ballots.
Advance voting runs
through Friday, Nov. 1. The
polling place will be open
daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
including Saturday.
For more information,
call the elections board of
fice at 770.358.5235.
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